🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Tell Abu Suwan
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Abu Suwan — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Mafraq Governorate.
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🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Abu Suwan — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Mafraq Governorate.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Ain Ghazal Courtyard Shrine East Terrace — Eastern Outlier in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Ain Ghazal Courtyard Shrine East Terrace — Western Terrace in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7500-6500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Ba'ja Clifftop Cistern Terrace North in Petra region, Ma'an, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7500-6500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell el-Hayyat — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Irbid Governorate.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7500-6500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Ba'ja Clifftop Cistern Terrace North — Northern Annex in Petra region, Ma'an, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7500-6500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
EB through Persian; LB-Iron cemetery peak · Canaanite → Egyptian residency (LB) → Philistine/Sea Peoples → Iron Ammonite
Jordan Valley cemetery tell — 500-grave LB–Iron cemetery with Egyptian anthropoid coffins, Philistine Bichrome and Jerusalem-frame burials, British Museum 1985–2013.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (c.11600–10200 cal BP) · PPNA (Natufian → PPNB transition)
PPNA megasite (c.11.6–10.2 ka, Structure O75 20 m amphitheatre, 40 pithouses) at Faynan oasis.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Nimrin (Tell esh-Shuna North vicinity) — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Balqa Governorate.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Deir Alla (Pethor/Succoth) — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Balqa Governorate.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Tell
Chalcolithic-Iron Age (c.5000-600 BCE) · Levantine EBA to Iron Age (Jordan Valley)
Tell Abu al-Kharaz — buried chalcolithic-iron tell/village at Irbid Governorate.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Ain Ghazal Courtyard Shrine East Terrace — Northern Annex in Amman Governorate, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B (8500-6500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7500-6500 BCE) · PPN Culture
Ba'ja Clifftop Cistern Terrace North — Western Terrace in Petra region, Ma'an, Jordan is a Pre-Pottery Neolithic (7500-6500 BCE) ancient village attributed to PPN Culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Early Natufian to MPPNB (14,600–9000 BP) · Natufian → PPNA → PPNB (Levantine Badia)
Harra playa Natufian village that produced world's earliest bread (14,400 BP).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNB to Early Neolithic · Faynan PPN
Wadi Faynan Early Farming Ghwayr at Wadi Faynan, Ghwayr I, Jordan is a PPNB to Early Neolithic ancient village of the Faynan PPN tradition, built c. 8300 BCE for long early neolithic early copper awl.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Archaeological wonder
Umayyad Caliphate (c.711–715 CE) · Umayyad Arab / Byzantine influence
Umayyad desert castle bathhouse (qasr) built by Caliph Walid I (705–715 CE) famous for extensive frescoes: vaulted audience hall with hunting scenes, musicians, six kings (Byzantine, Sasanian,…
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE) · Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE)
Teleilat Ghassul in Balqa Governorate, Jordan Valley, Dead Sea N, Jordan is a Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE) settlement attributed to Ghassulian Chalcolithic (4700–3800 BCE) culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
EB I–IV walled town (3300–2100 BCE) · EB I–IV walled town (3300–2100 BCE)
Bab edh-Dhra in Karak Governorate, Wadi Araba, Dead Sea SE, Jordan is a EB I–IV walled town (3300–2100 BCE) settlement attributed to EB I–IV walled town (3300–2100 BCE) culture.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Natufian · Azraq Natufian
Shubayqa Natufian Bread Site Azraq at Azraq Basin, Shubayqa, Jordan is a Natufian ancient village of the Azraq Natufian tradition, built c.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNB to Late Neolithic · PPNB Jordan
Beidha Neolithic Village Petra Corridor at Ma'an, Beidha, Jordan is a PPNB to Late Neolithic ancient village of the PPNB Jordan tradition, built c.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNA to PPNB · Jordanian Highlands PPN
Kharaysin Naviform Village Jordan at Zarqa, Kharaysin, Jordan is a PPNA to PPNB ancient village of the Jordanian Highlands PPN tradition, built c.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Late Natufian · Natufian Jordan
Wadi Hammeh 27 Jordan Valley Natufian at Jordan Valley, Jordan is a Late Natufian ancient village of the Natufian Jordan tradition, built c. 12500 BCE for semi-subterranean natufian base camp.
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
Epipalaeolithic to PPNA (c.15,000–11,000 BP) · Kebaran → Natufian → PPNA
Jordan Valley Natufian–PPNA rock-shelter cluster (c.15–11 ka, Kebaran→Natufian hamster, early barley).
🇯🇴 Jordan · Ancient village
PPNB (7500–6500 BCE) + Nabataean later · PPNB Beidha
Beidha excavated by Kirkbride 1958–83, revealing early granaries and shift from round to rectilinear, near Siq al Barid.